Soil dielectric spectra from vector network analyzer data

Soil Science Society of America Journal

Volumn 69, Issue 4, 2005, Pages 983-989

  Logsdon, S D ^a  

^a USDA ARS National Laboratory for Agriculture and the Environment   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DATA REDUCTION; DIELECTRIC RELAXATION; ELECTRIC CONDUCTIVITY; ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYZERS; MINERALOGY; PERMITTIVITY; SALINE WATER; SPECTRUM ANALYSIS;

CECIL SOILS; SALINE SOILS; SMECTITE CLAYS; VECTOR NETWORK ANALYZERS;

CLAY;

DIELECTRIC PROPERTY; SOIL WATER;

EID: 22744450935     PISSN: 03615995     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.2136/sssaj2004.0352     Document Type: Article

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